Type and usage of analogy from BoostVocab

analogy

/ə'nælədʒi/

noun
the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate
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Similar:

doctrine of analogy

type of:
faith religious belief religion
noun
an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
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type of:
illation inference
noun
drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
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"the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain" "the models show by analogy how matter is built up"

type of:
comparing comparison

Examples of analogy

"the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain"
"the models show by analogy how matter is built up"

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